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Wicklow Aerial Video Captures Garden Coastline & Stunning Sea Views
#wicklow – No surprise that this County Wicklow from the air vid features the Garden County's stunning coastline but Skycam Ireland's crisp footage via drone goes so much further to capture incredible coastal scenery right on the Capital's doorstep.
There is spectacular views of rolling green hills and a weather-beaten rocky coastline. There's castles and towers stationed on every headland, giving you the feeling of flying through a scene from 'Lord of the Rings'.
Nearby Dublin Bay sailors will instantly recognise familiar landmarks including Wicklow Head, its prominent lighthouses and Wicklow harbour itself, the home of the Round Ireland yacht race. The four–minute video includes coastal scenes of Killiney Bay and Bray Head and shots over water along an historically important stretch of Kilcoole beach.
There are many more water-based shots featured too including Wickow's amazing lakes, waterfalls and watch out for the cute seal!
We hope Skycam are planning a 2015 verison, if so Afloat.ie recommends a flight over Greystones Harbour and Marina to capture the country's newest coastal marina facility.
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Greystones Regatta Attracts ISORA Boats for 2015 Calendar
#isora – The weekend's ISORA AGM and black tie prizegiving at the National Yacht Club heard that subject to confirmation with Greystones marina it was decided that two ISORA day races would take place simultaneously from Dun Laoghaire and Pwllheli to finish in Greystones in County Wicklow on the day before the up and coming Greystones Regatta.
The new fixtures arrangement will bring up to 20 or more top class offshore racing yachts into the Greystones regatta fleet. The full ISORA race programme is available to download below as a PDF document.
ISORA chief Peter Ryan says the move designed to allow ISORA boats to partake in this new popular Wicklow event.
It was also decided to that the day races that start in Dun Laoghaire would not necessarily finish at the same venue but would finish in Wicklow or Howth, subject to weather conditions.
It was agreed to run 14 races as part of their series next season – 6 traditional cross channel races including the RORC Lyver Race and an offshore weekend that will include a Friday evening race from Holyhead to Douglas, Isle of Man and another race on the Sunday morning from Douglas to Dun Laoghaire.
The Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race will also be part of the ISORA Series.
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Wicklow Brownies Get A Taste of Sailing at Greystones Harbour
#greystonesharbour – Delgany Brownies, Greystones Brownies and some of the Greystones Guides took part in a sailing taster day at Greystones Sailing Club on Sunday 5th October. The 40 girls spent half the day sailing Laser Picos with instructors outside the harbour learning how to sail while having lots of fun - the giggles and screams of delight could be heard by on lookers walking the newly opened North Pier. The girls loved their experience on the water with almost all of them having never sailed before. Event organiser and Senior Instructor Emma Hett said it was a "privilege to be able to facilitate the girls going sailing for the first time and I hope this will be the start of many more collaborative sessions between local community groups and Greystones Sailing Club." Emma also thanked the sailing club for hosting such a successful event and giving the girls an experience they will never forget.
The second half of the day was spent on shore with the girls completing their Irish Girl Guide Conservation badge and Water Safety badge. The girls completed a litter sweep of the local area collecting five large bags of rubbish. After the sweep the girls came back inside to learn about protected species in Ireland and make informative posters from recycled materials to illustrate all they had learned. Instructors Sarah Hoolahan (Greystones Sailing Club), Conor Duff-Lennon (Greystones Sailing Club) and Triona Harvey (Wexford Harbour Boat and Tennis Club) all said they learnt lots about conservation and the importance of teaching these issues to the young girls. All the instructors said that while the girls had fun they too had a blast and were delighted to be involved in the day. Safety Coordinate and Senior Instructor Steven Tyner "it was great to have so many girls come down to go sailing and see their excitement on the water in boats."
At the end of the day Brownies, parents, instructors and club members all gathered together in Greystones Sailing Club for a BBQ with special thanks to The Steak Shop, Greystones for part-sponsoring the costs of the burgers. David Nixon, Greystones Sailing Club Secretary and Fiachra Etchingham, Greystones Sailing Club Trustee both welcomed new members to the club and re-iterated Greystones Sailing Club's openness to new members, both old and young.
The day was run completely by volunteers giving up their time and a special thanks has to go to the instructors who all volunteered their Sunday to give back to their local communities. Finally a special thanks must go to Cllr Grainne McLoughlin who sought sponsorship for lunches for all the instructors and also homemade chocolate brownies for them all which went down a treat.
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Boating Visitors To Ireland's South Coast Get Mixed Welcome Messages
#marinetourism – Ireland's south coast provides an almost infinite variety of harbours, natural havens, and extensive areas of interesting sailing water. These cater for boat enthusiasts of all kinds, with craft of every type. So how does the welcome for visitors shape up? W M Nixon contrasts the different hospitality styles of four attractive ports.
The word on the grapevine that the Ballydehob Old Boat festival had taken place arrived with an intriguing photo from Anthony O'Leary. It had been noted in the interview with him immediately after he had led the team in Ireland's Commodore Cup Victory, that while he was trying to unwind for a while, it's not really in the O'Leary makeup to relax, and soon his mind was busy with new ideas of nautical interest.
Nevertheless he was cruising gently in early August down towards West Cork in the family's handsome big Nelson powercruiser Irish Mist, a fast and able vessel which his father Archie and mates like Mick Ahern once took right round Ireland in a settled springtime spell of weather, just to be in Dublin to watch Cork Con play rugby in some major championship at Lansdowne Road.
As it turned out, this year Irish Mist was getting down west ultimately to be in Baltimore for the 1720 Nationals in late August, which O'Leary duly won. But from time to time, he flashed back some photos of interesting boats met along the way, and one which really rang the bell was a little Ette Class clinker-built gunter-rigged sloop sailing in Castlehaven.
The Ette class originated way way back, when two keen dinghy cruising types sailed their little dinghy into Castlehaven, and the Castletownshend locals in the South Cork Sailing Club were so taken by the boat that they commissioned the waterfront boatbuilders, the O'Mahony brothers, to build some sister ships as the basis of a class.
All the new boats' names ended in "ette". And the class survived for many years, though at times the Ettes were hanging on by a thread. But recently it has had a fresh lease of life with new examples of what is now a classic dinghy being built by Lui Ferreira of Ballydehob, who last came through this parish when, in 2012, he put the first teak deck on a vintage Howth 17, the syndicate-owned Deilginis.
Perfection of summer – an Ette class in her home waters of Castlehaven. Photo: Anthony O'Leary
Rui Ferreira, builder in Ballydehob of the Ette Class, also put this teak deck on the 107-year-old Howth 17 Deilginis in 2012. Photo: W M Nixon
A Howth 17 looks well no matter how you photo her. But an Ette is a quirky little thing which can sometimes look odd from the wrong angle. Yet in a flash of inspiration, the Captain of the Commodore's Cup team took up his iPhone as an Ette came bustling down Castlehaven on fine sunny morning, and we got what I reckon to be one of the best photos of an Ette under way ever obtained – plus it gets the very essence of summer in Castlehaven.
The next O'Leary snap some days later was just briefly titled: "The Ballydehob Old Boat Festival, Irish Mist in archway second left". What was going on here? We'd heard vague stories about a very relaxed assembling of boat at high water at the drying quay at Ballydehob, but the O'Leary photo hinted at serious numbers and a high level of organization.
The teaser photo – first intimations of this year's Ballydehob Gathering of the Boats, with the O'Leary family's motor-cruiser Irish Mist (framed in the second arch from left) joining an eclectic group of 74 boats for a couple of hours at top of the tide. Photo; Anthony O'Leary
This is most people's image of Ballydehob, crowded and very rural, with Mount Gabriel beyond. Only the more observant will notice the tidal river in the foreground. Photo: W M Nixon
To begin with, most casual visitors would scarcely think of Ballydehob as a seaport at all. Rather, it's the very essence of rural West Cork, a crowded little village where "laid-back" is the default mode, and it has been so for some time. It reached something of an apotheosis when Annie Barry (she's one of the Fergusons of Gubbeen Cheese) was running her wonderful Annie's restaurant on one side of the winding main street, and the Levis sisters Julia and Nell, feisty little ladies of mature years, were running Levis's pub across the way.
Julia and Nan were splendid folk of considerable standing, and it's said the pair of them were once squired to the West Cork Hunt Ball in Skibbereen by Jeremy Irons of Kilcoe Castle a few miles along the coast. As for the setup in Ballydehob, space was so limited in the restaurant that, having checked out your booking, you simply took up station in leisurely style across the street in the pub with Annie's menus and an aperitif or two, then Annie would come across the road and discuss your order, and a delightful evening would continue late into the night.
Alas, for some year now Annie's has been closed, though everyone lives in hope of somebody re-opening it. And in the pub, the old ladies have passed on. But now it's run by a great-nephew, and very successfully too. We got ourselves in there late on a velvet July evening this year to find the place was heaving with youth and beauty and high fashion in casual style - achingly trendy it has become.
It could have been a traditional local in any of the world's fashionable holiday areas except for one thing. A ball of fur, a terrier of some kind, emerged from among people's legs and barked its head off at me. I assumed it was because I carried a whiff of our own little Jack Russell. But the blushing girl owner told me with a big smile that her little dog must have thought I was a priest. Only along Ireland's south coast, near some former or still surviving Protestant enclave, would you have heard that particular excuse.
The old dock at Ballydehob is well able to receive a very varied fleet, seen here from the old railway viaduct Photo: Miriam Jones
Just along the river from these scenes of hospitality and minor mayhem, immediately below the mighty railway viaduct which seems to be so disproportionate for the long-gone needs of the little West Cork Railway, there's Ballydehob Harbour. Time was when it was key to the place's economy, and it was in the late 1930s, only a year or so before World War II, that the Brooklands, the last surviving sail-only coasting schooner to deliver cargoes to West Cork, made her way up the winding estuary at the head of Roaringwater Bay (it's named for the Roaringwater River, much of the bay behind Carbery's Hundred Isles is well sheltered), to anchor just off the quay, as she was too deep to berth alongside.
The Brooklands was owned and skippered by Tom Creenan of Ballinacurra in the inner northeast reaches of Cork Harbour, but it was from Birkenhead or Goole on the Mersey that she'd bring her welcome cargoes of coal, a challenging passage at the best of times. At Ballydehob, while smaller cargo-carriers could get alongside the old quay, the Brooklands discharged her cargo into the multi-functional barge-type vessel known the Sandboat.
She was used by her owners, the Levis family, for just about everything, but primarily for going out among the islands towards high water, running up on a clean beach, then laboriously shovelling sand into the hold until the tide returned and the Sandboat could be floated off and piloted back to the quay where her eventually very useful cargo would be shovelled ashore to become builders' supplies.
The Sandboat was Queen of the Fleet at Ballydehob, and she played such a central role in the Levis family's life that Old Boat Festival organiser Cormac Levis's brother calls his pub in Ballydehob the Sandboat.
As for how Cormac himelf first got the notion for the Ballydehob Gathering of the Boats, he has been a tower of strength in the Traditional Boat movement, particularly in West Cork but also throughout Ireland, for many years. And with others following his example in restoring or even building new sailing lobster boats to traditional design, he suggested that getting together at Ballydehob during the little town's time-honoured summer festival around August 15th might hit the spot. And for the first one in 2004 –making this year's the tenth anniversary - they assembled nine boats, which was considered pretty good going.
Close-up on Cormac Levis's lobster boat, which led the way for the first gathering of traditional craft at Ballydehob in 2004. Photo: Brian Marten
From it, they learnt that, for the future, while the aspiration would of course be for quiet and easy-going organization under a light hand, underneath it all there'd have to be efficiency, always with an eye on the clock. Although the tidal window is more than two hours for most boats, they've successfully accommodated modern yachts up to two metres draft without anyone being left behind stuck on the mud. But with limited manoeuvring space in both the harbour area and the channel, once the witching hour of high water is upon the fleet, it's time to start thinking about an orderly departure after two solid hours and more of good crack, mighty barbecues, and much interest in an examination of other people's traditional and classic boats.
Even among the sister-ships of the lobster fleet, many individual variants in hull lines and rig are apparent. Photo: Brian Marten
Just to add to the variety and colour, the Ilen Trust from Limerick brought their much-travelled Shannon Gandelows (right) to Ballydehob. Their stylish pennants are a legacy of heir successful visit to Venice at the end of April this year. Photo: Gary MacMahon
So the crucial thing is to select the ideal Saturday nearest to August 15th with a good big tide in mid-afternoon. As the Boat Gathering is such a force in its own right, they can range quite extensively on either side of August 15th, and to date the earliest has been August 8th, while the latest was August 21st.
This year's was Saturday August 9th, and while there may have been rain later in the day despite West Cork having much more sunshine in August than almost any other part of the country, no-body now remembers the rain as they recall the sheer fun and sense of community of what has been described by Tiernan Roe, another of the quality boat-builders of Ballydehob, as the "shortest bestest Boat Festival in the World".
Yet another creation of the active Ballydehob boat-building scene. This is an attractive little Cape Henry 21 cutter lunched in June by Tiernan Roe of Roe Boats. Photo: Tiernan Roe
For this year, it attracted 75 boats, though admittedly last year's record entry of 50 boats was greatly enhanced by this year's decision by the Drascome Lugger Association to combine Ballydehob in their 2014 cruise-in-company in West Cork, thereby adding 27 boats at a stroke.
But even with 27 boats of one class, the variety across the fleet as a whole was remarkable. So how do they assemble such a disparate fleet of boats with obviously highly-individual skippers, in such a quietly efficient way? For you'll never see or hear the Ballydehob Gathering of the Boats being publicly advertised all that much beforehand.
The method is perfectly simple. Everyone with an interest will know it is likely to be coming up on the agenda. So a month and more beforehand, Cormac will text them with the final date on a need-to-know basis. It works, and it sets the tone of quiet consideration for others and their boats in a very special festival in which some quiet sponsorship by CH Marine and West Cork-based German traditional boat fan Thomas Drewes sees that all participants get mementoes including cherished T-shirts (definitely not for general release), while barbecue facilities keep the good humour buzzing until everyone departs in style for their anchorage for the night, for although most boats hope to be berthed in Ballydehob on the big day more two hours hours before high water, once the ebb has started the channel has become much less forgiving about any pilotage errors.
They're all here, as neatly berthed as you could please, but getting them away as the ebb starts requires good seamanship and boat-handling skills. Photo: Miriam Jones
Ballydehob's central position in a hugely varied and welcoming crusing coast is emphasized by the number of other harbour chartlets indicated in this plan of the prime cruising area of West Cork. Plan Courtesy Irish Cruising Club
It's good to see a locally-focussed event like this now coming of age with a very healthy turnout. Eastward along the south coast, last weekend saw another event which will surely grow in stature and numbers, the second staging of Y2V Cruise-in-Company on the River Blackwater up the estuary from East Cork to West Waterford, as a flotilla of ten boats - eight GP14s, a Mermaid and a Feva – sailed up-river from Youghal to Villierstown.
It has been promoted by Youghal schoolboy GP 14 skipper Adrian Lee, and last year the inaugural tiny flotilla managed most of the sailable river by going to the bridge at Cappoquin before returning downriver to Villierstown. This year it achieved deserved support from the GP 14 class, with the furthest road-trailed from sea level being incoming Irish GP 14 Association President Stephen Boyle from Sutton DC, while the furthest-travelled in terms of elevation above sea level were the Blessington group, who came down from the Wicklow Hills with their Geeps and included Richard Street and kids (see again this blog on 26th July), and a brand new Duffin boat belonging to Simon Culley and Libby Tierney.
As for seniority, the classic of the class was a 60-year-old beautifully-restored Bell Woodworking GP 14 owned and skippered by 16-year-old Jack Nolan, another of that group of Youghal youngsters who are taking local dinghy sailing forward with gusto, while further variety was provided by Norman Lee of Greystones, his crew including the inevitable family pooches which are such a part of the GP 14 scene.
The sailing was mixed – as Norman said, in a river the wind will always be ahead some time, and though we think of the secret Blackwater Estuary as being fairly straight, in fact there are some quite significant curves. It took about four-and-a-half hours to sail up, and a brisker four hours to return on Sunday morning's ebb.
The secret waterway – the Blackwater Estuary from Youghal up to Cappoquin and almost to Lismore is one of Ireland's least-sailed rivers
Villierstown's new clubhouse, open only three weeks, was ready and willing to make welcome the crews who had sailed up from Youghal. Photo: Norman Lee
The new facility, Villierstown's "floating pier"
(right), was originally the in-harbour pontoon at Dungarvan SC. Photo: Norman Lee
At Villierstown, the new clubhouse of the Villierstown Boating & Activites Cub had been open only three short weeks, but they've made good use of a sports council grant, and it well fulfills a multi-purpose role, including providing the hospitality needed by sailing campers, with Paul Virtue and his wife Caroline organising a fine feast in the clubhouse on the Saturday night, and an enormous breakfast on Sunday to send them on their way downriver to round out an event which has future annual success written all over it.
One of the reasons it all went so well was that the slightly cogglesome little plastic floating jetty, along which the sailors of Villierstown used to access their small boats, has been replaced by a proper pontoon which the club acquired when Dungarvan SC eastward along the coast up-graded their in-harbour pontoon. In fact, Dungarvan support for the development of Blackwater sailing didn't stop there, as one of the fleet in the Y2V was a vintage Dungarvan-based Mermaid in which owner Eugene Burke has cruised the entire south coast between Ballycotton and Kilmore Quay.
The boat is Akita, Mermaid No. 85, and she has certainly been around, as she was built in the Barkyard in Skerries in 1953 by Joe and Matt Boylan. The Barkyard was originally the place where the Skerries-based coasting schooners and fishing boats had their sails preserved against rot by tanning with bark, but in the 1950s the now redundant premises were used to build some of the eventually enormous fleet of Skerries Mermaids through a boat-building class run by the colourful Jem Kearney.
The Fingal region around Skerries and Rush continues to be the great heartland of the Mermaids, with some very racy boats built in the old mill at Rogerstown recently, but despite the modern challenge, this year's Mermaid Week at Rush saw the champion emerge in the form of Jonathan O'Rourke of the National YC with his vintage boat, one of the few Mermaid sailors still in Dun Laoghaire.
The welcoming port. Despite its tidal limitations, Dungarvan lays on the welcome in a big way. This shows a visiting fleet at the original pontoon, which has now been moved to Villierstown. Photo Kevin Dwyer, courtesy Irish Cruising Club
Dungarvan SC's new in-harbour pontoon has much improved the alongside berthing space, but unfortunately the local Council wouldn't permit dredging to improve access.......Photo: Donal Walsh
....and thus the reality for most boats in the Inner Harbour is a drying berth.......... Photo: W M Nixon
....but if you've access to local knowledge, there is a deep pool just below the bridge........Photo: Donal Walsh
.....and here the Northwest Passage transiting 44ft steel gaff yawl Young Larry is visiting in comfort and style. Photo: Donal Walsh
Meanwhile in Dungarvan the club's hopes of doing a bit of dredging to improve access to their extended in-harbour pontoon was stymied when the council said they wouldn't permit any salt-contaminated sludge being brought up onto the quay. But despite its tidl limitations, it's a hugely hospitable place, and if you do take the ground at the pontoon, it's mostly soft and forgiving mud which enables you to sit in relative comfort. Certainly some very substantial cruising boat have overnighted here to enjoy the fine pubs both on the waterfront waterfront and in the town, while culinary standards are set by Paul Flynn's famous restaurant The Tannery just round the corner.
Nevertheless if you absolutely won't let your boat dry out, leading Dungarvan cruising man Donal Walsh (he has just returned from an epic round Ireland and Britain clockwise cruise with his Moody 31 Lady Kate) well knows the deep pool across the harbour close under the bridge, and he saw to it that his brother-in-law Andrew Wilkes and sister Maire Breathnaith found a secure berth there for their hefty 44ft steel-built gaff yawl Young Larry, a boat in which they transited the Northwest Passage, but she looks well at home in Dungarvan with its fine tradition of first class locally-based trading schooners.
In moving along the south coast, we find that when possible, they'll lay out the welcome mat big-time in Ballydehob, Youghal, Villierstown and Dungarvan, despite the fact that all four places are restricted in what they can do by the exigencies of tide.
So how are things working out in Dunmore East, the one port which has the potential to be one of the most welcoming and accessible all-tide sailing and fishing ports along the entire south coast?
Despite this potential, the under-development of its facilities, fuelled by a sometimes poisonous attitude between fishermen and other harbour users, has provided recreational visitors with often unpleasant memories. In trying to understand why this might be so, we have to understand how Dunmore East came to get its pretty little harbour. When it was built in the first half of the 19th Century, it was not – as is commonly supposed – built for the benefit of fishermen. The horrible fact is that fishermen came so far down the pecking order that they just had to make do for themselves as best they could.
The handsome new pier at Dunmore East, designed by Alexander Nimmo who is best known for developing Tobermory in Scotland and many places in Galway including Roundstone, was constructed exclusively for the use of the new fast sailing cross-channel packet boats serving the top people of Waterford in their trading and communication with Britain, while the unfortunate local fishermen were forced to keep their boats in the limited shelter of The Cove to the north of it, and haul them on the exposed beaches at The Strand and Councillors Strand.
Dunmore East's substantial pier was new-built originally to provide a port for cross-channel sailing Packet Boats, serving Waterford ten miles up the road. When this was its primary function, any local fishermen were banished to the poorly-sheltered coves to the north, with their boats being hauled up on the exposed beaches beyond. Plan courtesy Irish Cruising Club
Soon, however, steam driven packet boats were able to go conveniently all the way up to Waterford, and Dunmore East was redundant as a packet-boat harbour. But it was only with reluctance that fishing boat were allowed to start using it, as the Royal Navy would have been keeping an eye on its possibilities for their own occasional use.
Yet down the years, the idea has developed that Dunmore East was always primarily a fishing harbour, and to a lesser extent the same attitude prevailed at Howth on the east coast, where the new harbour functioned as the Packet Boat station for Dublin only between 1817 and 1826, when the developing new asylum harbour at Dun Laoghaire became the selected port for the Royal Mail's new paddle steamers serving the cross-channel route. Yet the silted harbour at Howth was only allowed to become a "fishing station" in the 1850s.
The legacy of all this, in Dunmore East at any rate, is that there still seems to be a suspicion among the fishing community that their tenure is only temporary, that the powers-that-be would move them out if they see a better use for the place. How else can we explain the negative and almost paranoid attitude of the fishing spokesmen every time a suggestion for a much-needed marina at Dunmore East is put forward?
With all this in mind, I made a quick visit to Dunmore East in mid-August while on other business in the southeast, in the hope of seeing if a much-trumpeted €4 million dredging scheme was now in progress in the harbour, and also to see how an equally celebrated new Visitors Pontoon along the East Pier was working out.
The photos speak for themselves. There wasn't any sign of a dredger, though doubtless that will turn up in due course. Yet as for the 40 metre pontoon, it's not a leisure-boat-friendly neat little piece of work at all, but is quite a massive and brutal steel box structure more suited to rugged fishing boats, who were showing their approval by using it so totally that the only leisure visitor was a German motor-cruiser which had managed to squeeze in at one end.
But as this pontoon is on the wrong side of the harbour for ease of access to the Sailing Club on the west side, and the welcoming facilities in the village above it, any pedestrian boat visitor – the vast majority of incoming leisure boaters, in other words – has a long trek through the sometimes crowded and malodourous delights of a fishing port before they can access any amenities. So not surprisingly the German boat had its inflatable tender moored outside it for quick and easy movement across the harbour, and along to the beaches if wished, a situation which inevitably precluded any other newly-arrived boat from rafting up alongside
So for any cruising boat coming in from sea, often with the challenge of Hook Head just recently put astern, it wasn't a welcoming setup. In fact, it was downright hostile. While we were there, an ordinary sailing cruiser with happy folk aboard came motoring from the eastward to round the end of the pier after stowing their sails, but their hopes of a convenient and enjoyable visit to Dunmore East were soon dashed. No welcoming RIB came out from the sailing club to direct them to a vacant mooring, as there probably wasn't one. And as for the pontoon, "unwelcoming" is inadequate. It clearly didn't want anything to do with them. You could see their spirits wilting as they headed out, faced with the long haul up to the marina in Waterford City. The current visitor berthing situation in Dunmore East is at the very least a sad business, so where does it go from here?
Dunmore East in mid-August. No sign of any dredging, and the "Visitors Pontoon" under the lighthouse on the East Pier is packed out with fishing boats.......Photo: W M Nixon
........and just one visiting German motor cruiser which was protected against any rafting up by its tender on the outer side. Photo: W M Nixon
The new pontoon is an industrial standard piece of kit......Photo: W M Nixon
....and understandably very popular with active fishing boats. Photo: W M Nixon
But for visiting sailing boats newly arrived in port.......Photo: W M Nixon
....it's soon clear that there isn't really a welcoming berth for them.....Photo: W M Nixon
....and they head out to sea again, visibly disappointed by their Dunmore East welcome. Photo: W M Nixon
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Wicklow RNLI Remembers Historical Greystones Lifesaver
#RNLI - Wicklow RNLI travelled to Greystones on Sunday afternoon (18 August) for the unveiling of a plaque in memory of RNLI coxswain John Doyle and two members of his family, who lost their lives in 1892.
The deceased were trying to assist a vessel breaking away from her moorings in Greystones Harbour on 14 October 1892, a Friday night when heavy seas and a north-east gale prevailed in the Irish Sea.
That night, the schooner Mersey, which was moored alongside the jetty at Greystones, threatened to break up where she lay, and the owner resolved to let her drive on the beach.
John Doyle and William Doyle - with Herbert Doyle, son of the latter - went out along the jetty to cast a rope to the vessel and, having done so, were making their return when a great wave suddenly engulfed them. They had often gone out to save life and were famed for their bravery.
John and William Doyle left large families, and there were many tearful eyes at the funeral service in St Patrick's Church for the three Doyles, many of whose descendants are still in Greystones.
The Anchor amusement centre and restaurant at the harbour was originally a lifeboat house, and between 1871 and 1896 there were two lifeboats, the Sarah Tancred and the Richard Brown, the latter of which John Doyle served as coxswain.
As the Wicklow lifeboat entered Greystones, the crew scattered flower petals inside the harbour entrance as a mark of respect for coxswain Doyle.
John Doyle's granddaughter Betty Lowe unveiled the plaque on the pier wall. During the ceremony, the lifeboat crew presented her with a framed photograph of the Wicklow lifeboat and an RNLI flag.
Lowe was inspired to erect the memorial after attending the unveiling of The Beacon of Hope sculpture in 2009 at the RNLI headquarters in Poole. Her grandfather's name is one of hundreds on the memorial who have given their lives selflessly to save others over the last 200 years.
Speaking after the ceremony, Wicklow RNLI volunteer lifeboat press officer Tommy Dover said: "We would like to thank Mrs Lowe and her family for inviting us to the ceremony, it was a great privilege to be involved."
RS Sailors Heading for Greystones & Coleraine for Sprint & 24-Hour Fixtures
#rs – This coming weekend will see the next series of racing for the RS fleets in Ireland, with the annual Sprint event. This event was previously a season closer in Dun Laoghaire Harbour, now moves to this earlier slot, and is kindly being hosted by Greystones SC.
This will be seen by many as a great opportunity to get in some top level boat-handling and starting practice in advance of the Irish Nationals in July. With 10-14 short sharp races and no discards any mistakes however minor will be costly. This year's Sprint event will also include the RS Fevas for the first time.
In marked contrast to the Sprints, indeed at the opposite end of the spectrum, the Northern contingent will be engaging in an altogether different form of racing, the famous Coleraine 24 hour race on the Bann River. Several RS400 teams are entered, and run in shifts through the night, which will hopefully only last 3 hours at this time of the year.
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Dublin Bay RIB Raid to Greystones Hailed a Big Success
#rib – The first ever Dublin Bay RIB raid to Wicklow has been hailed a great success with plans afoot for more Raids writes Ronan Beirne.
Proceedings commenced on Sunday with a RNLI jife jacket check by the RNLI at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire.
After a course and safety briefing at 11.30 we set off - seven ribs and a Benneteau motor vessel.
With the ebb and c 20 knots of wind we set off on a course outside the Dublin Bay racing marks and outside the Muglins. A bit of a chop off Bray Head.
Greystones Marina allocated a handy berth for us near the steps. While the Greystones Gourmet event was happening in the main street most settled for ice cream and chips on the sea front. One rib came up from Wicklow to join the raid.
Set off for Dun Laoghaire before three and through Dalkey Sound and to Dun Laoghaire Harbour where we were met by the Lifeboat who escorted us back in for prize giving.
The National Yacht Club Ribbers return to base in Dun Laoghaire after a 12-mile run to Greystones. Photo: Michael Chester. More photos below.
Jimmy Kinahan's crew on the Zodiac won a big RNLI flag for the best dressed" Muglins Pirates".
Liam Shanahan's Red Bay a Lifeboat pennant for the rib with the most flags.
Sorcha Prouvier on the Antares the best dressed "scarey" pirate.
A great day was enjoyed by all and over €200 in the box for the Lifeboat.
Plans now in place for another Rib Raid adventure.
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First Boats Welcomed into Greystones Harbour Marina
#greystonesharbourmarina – Greystones in County Wicklow welcomed the first boats into the harbour's new marina this week after the 100-berth facility opened on time in spite of a prolonged period of easterly gales making the month of March the coldest since records began.
It was chilly work but in spite of the gales the marina opened on time and it was rewarded with plenty of seagoing interest from visiting sailing and motor cruiser craft, travelling down from nearby Dublin Bay to check out the new facility and to be welcomed by newly appointed operators BJ Marinas Ltd.
Less than a week since opening nine boats are safely berthed in the new marina.
Since arriving on site in December operators BJ Marinas Ltd have been working around the clock to ensure they met their target of being open for the start of the boating season on 1st April.
Managing Director Bernard Gallagher said "We're delighted to open on time! It's a unique and stunning site and we're looking forward to our first season!
BJ started taking bookings in late January and have had a steady stream of commitment from berth holders since then.
There will be 100 berths initially ranging from six metres to 30 metres. Once completed there will be 230 berths.
Some of the first boats arriving into Greystones Harbour Marina on Monday, April 1
The BJ team at Greystones Harbour marina (from left) James Kirwan, Marie Parkes, Bernard Gallagher and Ross Hall
Greystones Harbour Marina in County Wicklow On Target for April Opening
#greystonesharbour – It's full steam ahead at Greystones Harbour where operators BJ Marinas Ltd are putting the final touches to the marina ready for opening in 11 days time on April 1.
Our exclusive photo (taken yesterday) shows recent progress in the marina basin with piling complete and furniture being installed.
BJ, will operate the marina and boatyard, say they are 'really happy with the progress' and confirm the marina will open on schedule.
The pontoon installation will be completed shortly with 100 berths initially and the access bridge should also be complete by the weekend.
Office and facilities will be in place early next week and other services and the access road are also well under way.
Local boaters have already being eyeing up the new facility. Greystones Sailing Club has put together a provisional programme for Keelboat racing this season, a new era for the club.
The County Wicklow marina has received '85 serious enquiries' for berths over the Christmas and New Year Period. Berthing details are here.
The newest addition to boating on Ireland's east coast is operated by BJ Marinas Ltd, a company owned by senior marine industry figure Bernard Gallagher.
The firm are operating the new site under contract from developers Sispar and Wicklow County Council.
Greystones Harbour Marina takes shape – pontoons are installed this week to give Ireland a new addition to its coastal marina network
First Dublin Bay RIB Raid from Dun Laoghaire to Greystones
#RIB – The National Yacht Club is running Dublin Bay's first Rib Raid from Dun Laoghaire on the south side of the bay to the new harbour in Greystones in Co. Wicklow on Sunday 5th May.
The raid is in aid of the RNLI and it is open to all ribs & small motorcraft.
The plans are for the RIb fleet to assemble in the pool at the National Yacht Club at 10.00. There is a costume theme of Pirates of the Muglins plus a voluntary RNLI safety check and briefing.
There will be an 11.30 departure from Dun Laoghaire and plan for lunch at Greystones – ashore or onboard before heading home and a BBQ at National Yacht Club.
There are prizes for the best dressed pirates, a navigation challenge.
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Community-led health in the news!
You might have caught the late night interview last week with John Cassidy, Volunteer Director with 'Healthy n Happy', Scottish Communities for Health & Wellbeing and member of CHEX Advisory Committee. The interview was conducted by Sarah Smith; BBC 2's Scotland 2014 and highlighted the cause and effects of health inequalities in Scotland. John was interviewed alongside Graham Watt, Professor of general practice and primary care at Glasgow University.
John did an excellent job of describing the activities involved in community-led health and highlighted its benefits and impacts. He finished the interview by talking about social prescribing and the opportunities offered to patients in the community. The broadcast will be available on the BBC iPlayer until the end of December 2014.


The Card Grotto: Clearly Besotted Teasers | That's Genius!
Clearly Besotted Teasers | That's Genius!
Hello there and welcome to day four of the Clearly Besotted June 2018 Teasers. All of the new sets release tomorrow at 8pm BST and I am back with my last teaser to share with you today. Today uses the new That's Genius set and it is so cute! Perfect for students, teachers, assistants etc.
I started off with a panel of white cardstock. I stamped one of the puppy images from the That's Genius set, along with one of the sentiments, onto the top middle of the panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I then stamped and cut out a mask for the image and placed this over the panel. I also used post-it tape to mask off the bottom portion of the card. I took Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink and blended this over the top half using an ink blending tool. For some depth, I added some Faded Jeans Oxide ink towards the bottom. The masks were then removed.
I coloured the image with Copic Markers (colours used are listed below the supplies section). The panel was added to a white A2 card base with foam sheet and DST. I then added Crystal Glaze to his spectacles/glasses, to finish.
COPIC MARKERS: Dog - E55, E53, E51, E50. Book - C5, C3, C1, C0, E43, E40.
These images are adorable and I love their huge glasses! So cute! For more inspiration on using the release, please head over to see Stephanie. Not only will she have some stunning projects to share with you, she will also have links to the rest of the DT and guests sharing today too. Thanks so much for visiting me today. I will back tomorrow with my release video. Have a great day!


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Blog Can Hybrid Cloud Simplify IT for Healthcare?
Healthcare has experienced industry consolidation, narrowing margins and an explosion of data, the combination of which is forcing the industry to look for more innovative and cost-effective solutions. At the same time, this same healthcare has historically tended to approach cloud-based services with extreme caution. Regulatory constraints can mean big penalties for non-compliance – and the cloud hasn't always been the proven platform that it is today. Industry trends are now pointing towards healthcare organizations making the move from only on-premises and hosted solutions to incorporate the hybrid cloud too.
The complexity of the healthcare market means that the move to the cloud must be a thoughtful one, but one that can bring many rewards. A hybrid cloud model has great potential to decrease the time to deploy applications and ensure a faster response as new business challenges arise. With the cloud, IT staff can be freed up to work on further innovation to create a more efficient healthcare environment, provide a higher level of patient service and satisfaction and a more cost-effective environment.
While healthcare's expansion to include the cloud is evolving, concerns do still exist throughout the industry. Is the cloud secure? Is it compatible with pivotal regulatory initiatives like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)?
Healthcare CIOs are facing industry pressure to transform and are treading the waters carefully to gain a better understanding of the benefits as well as the limitations of the cloud as it relates to their organization. Hospitals, academic institutions and manufacturers are working to solve industry problems, such as a decrease in clinical miscommunications, and to improve patient care across departments, hospitals and freestanding clinics. CIOs are working through the security and compliance barriers that hinder healthcare provider cloud adoption, as well as performance and interoperability concerns.


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"Derivation of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Cultured Human Primordial Germ Cells" (1998), by John Gearhart et al.
In November 1998, two independent reports were published concerning the first isolation of pluripotent human stem cells, one of which was "Derivation of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Cultured Human Primordial Germ Cells." This paper, authored by John D. Gearhart and his research team - Michael J Shamblott, Joyce Axelman, Shunping Wang, Elizabeith M. Bugg, John W. Littlefield, Peter J. Donovan, Paul D. Blumenthal, and George R. Huggins - was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science soon after James A.
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"Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research: Executive Summary" (1999), by the US National Bioethics Advisory Commission
Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research: Executive Summary was published in September 1999 by The US National Bioethics Advisory Commission in response to a national debate about whether or not the US federal government should fund embryonic stem cell research. Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research recommended policy to US President William Clinton's administration, which advocated for federal spending on the use of stem research on stem cells that came from embryos left over from in vitro fertilization (IVF) fertility treatments.
Subject: Legal, Ethics
Interspecies SCNT-derived Humanesque Blastocysts
Since the 1950s, scientists have developed interspecies blastocysts in laboratory settings, but not until the 1990s did proposals emerge to engineer interspecies blastocysts that contained human genetic or cellular material. Even if these embryos were not permitted to mature to fetal stages, their ethical and political status became debated within nations attempting to use them for research.
Subject: Theories
Corpus Callosum Defects Associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Prenatal exposure to alcohol (ethanol) can result in a continuum of developmental abnormalities that are highly variable depending on the severity, duration, frequency, and timing of exposure during gestation. Defects of the corpus callosum (CC) have proven to be a reliable indicator of prenatal alcohol exposure as it affects the brain. Structural abnormalities of the CC occur along a continuum, like most alcohol-induced anomalies, whereby more severe prenatal exposure results in a greater expression of the abnormal trait.
Subject: Disorders, Reproduction
Zhang Lizhu (1921- )
Zhang Lizhu is a Chinese gynecologist and researcher. For most of her career, she worked in the Peking Medical College Third Hospital, renamed in 2000, Peking University Third Hospital. There, she led a team of researchers and physicians in the study of human in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer (ET) technology. Zhang and her colleagues contributed to the birth of the first test-tube baby in Mainland China in 1988.
Subject: People, Reproduction
The Process of Implantation of Embryos in Primates
Implantation is a process in which a developing embryo, moving as a blastocyst through a uterus, makes contact with the uterine wall and remains attached to it until birth. The lining of the uterus (endometrium) prepares for the developing blastocyst to attach to it via many internal changes. Without these changes implantation will not occur, and the embryo sloughs off during menstruation. Such implantation is unique to mammals, but not all mammals exhibit it.
Subject: Processes
Anencephaly is an open neural tube defect, meaning that part of the neural tube does not properly close or that it has reopened during early embryogenesis. An embryo with anencephaly develops without the top of the skull, but retains a partial skull, including the face. Anencephaly is one of the most common birth defects of the neural tube, occurring at a rate of approximately one in one thousand human pregnancies. The condition can be caused by environmental exposure to chemicals, dietary deficiencies, or genetic mutations.
George McDonald Church (1954- )
George McDonald Church studied DNA from living and from extinct species in the US during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Church helped to develop and refine techniques with which to describe the complete sequence of all the DNA nucleotides in an organism's genome, techniques such as multiplex sequencing, polony sequencing, and nanopore sequencing. Church also contributed to the Human Genome Project, and in 2005 he helped start a company, the Personal Genome Project. Church proposed to use DNA from extinct species to clone and breed new organisms from those species.
Digit Regeneration Is Regulated by Msx1 and BMP4 in Fetal Mice (2003), by Manjong Han et al.
In the early 2000s, Manjong Han, Xiaodang Yang, Jennifer Farrington, and Ken Muneoka investigated how genes and proteins in fetal mice (Mus musculus) influenced those fetal mice to regenerate severed toes at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. The group used hind limbs from mice to show how the gene Msx1 (Homeobox 7) functions in regenerating amputated digits.
Subject: Experiments
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
The concept Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) refers to a set of birth defects that occur in children born to mothers who abused alcohol during pregnancy. The alcohol-induced defects include pre- and post-natal growth deficiencies, minor facial abnormalities, and damage to the developing central nervous system (CNS).
Subject: Disorders
What Every Mother Should Know (1914), by Margaret Sanger
What Every Mother Should Know was published in 1914 in New York City, New York, as a compilation of newspaper articles written by Margaret Sanger in 1911. The series of articles informed parents about how to teach their children about reproduction and it appeared in the newspaper New York Call. In 1911, the newspaper series was published as a book, with several subsequent editions appearing later. In What Every Mother Should Know, Sanger emphasizes starting education on reproduction early and honestly answering children's questions.
China's One-Child Policy
In September 1979, China's Fifth National People's Congress passed a policy that encouraged one-child families. Following this decision from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), campaigns were initiated to implement the One-Child Policy nationwide. This initiative constituted the most massive governmental attempt to control human fertility and reproduction in human history. These campaigns prioritized reproductive technologies for contraception, abortion, and sterilization in gynecological and obstetric medicine, while downplaying technologies related to fertility treatment.
Subject: Ethics, Legal, Reproduction
Frank Rattray Lillie (1870-1947)
Frank R. Lillie was born in Toronto, Canada, on 27 June 1870. His mother was Emily Ann Rattray and his father was George Waddell Little, an accountant and co-owner of a wholesale drug company. While in high school Lillie took up interests in entomology and paleontology but went to the University of Toronto with the aim of studying ministry. He slowly became disillusioned with this career choice and decided to major in the natural sciences. It was during his senior year that he developed his lifelong interest in embryology.
The Apgar Score (1953-1958)
In 1952 Virginia Apgar, a physician at the Sloane Women's Hospital in New York City, New York, created the Apgar score as a method of evaluating newborn infants' health to determine if they required medical intervention. The score included five separate categories, including heart rate, breathing rate, reaction to stimuli, muscle activity, and color. An infant received a score from zero to two in each category, and those scores added up to the infant's total score out of ten. An infant with a score of ten was healthy, and those with low scores required medical attention at birth.
Subject: Technologies, Processes
The China-US Study on the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects using Folic Acid (1999)
From 1993 to 1995 researchers led by Robert J. Berry from the US Centers for Disease Control headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and Zhu Li from Beijing Medical University in Beijing, China, conducted a collaborative study in China on the prevention of neural tube defects or NTDs using folic acid supplements. NTDs are birth defects in which openings in the spinal cord or the brain that occur during early development remain after birth. Neural-tube formation occurs in early pregnancy, often before a woman knows she is pregnant and therefore before she has begun taking prenatal vitamins.
The Notch Signaling Pathway in Embryogenesis
The Notch signaling pathway is a mechanism in animals by which adjacent cells communicate with each other, conveying spatial information and genetic instructions for the animal's development. All multicellular animals utilize Notch signaling, which contributes to the formation, growth, and development of embryos (embryogenesis). Notch signaling also contributes to the differentiation of embryonic cells into various types of cells into various types of cells, such as neurons.
Purkinje Cells
Purkinje cells, also called Purkinje neurons, are neurons in vertebrate animals located in the cerebellar cortex of the brain. Purkinje cell bodies are shaped like a flask and have many threadlike extensions called dendrites, which receive impulses from other neurons called granule cells. Each cell also has a single projection called an axon, which transmits impulses to the part of the brain that controls movement, the cerebellum. Purkinje cells are inhibitory neurons: they secrete neurotransmitters that bind to receptors that inhibit or reduce the firing of other neurons.
Dizhou Tong (1902-1979)
Dizhou Tong, also called Ti Chou Tung, studied marine animals and helped introduce and organize experimental embryology in China during the twentieth century. He introduced cellular nuclear transfer technology to the Chinese biological community, developed methods to clone organisms from many marine species, and investigated the role of cytoplasm in early development. Tong's administrative and scientific leadership in the fields of marine, cellular, and developmental biology contributed to China's experimental embryology research programs.
Noninvasive Fetal Aneuploidy Detection for Trisomy 21, 13, and 18
Noninvasive fetal aneuploidy detection technology allows for the detection of fetal genetic conditions, specifically having three chromosomes, a condition called aneuploidy, by analyzing a simple blood sample from the pregnant woman. Dennis Lo and Rossa Chiu researched methods of detection of aneuploidies in the early twenty-first century. Their research has been specifically applied to three trisomies, trisomy twenty-one known as Down syndrome, trisomy eighteen known as Edwards Syndrome, and trisomy thirteen known as Patau Syndrome.
Subject: Technologies
The Guthrie Test for Early Diagnosis of Phenylketonuria
The Guthrie test, also called the PKU test, is a diagnostic tool to test infants for phenylketonuria a few days after birth. To administer the Guthrie test, doctors use Guthrie cards to collect capillary blood from an infant's heel, and the cards are saved for later testing. Robert Guthrie invented the test in 1962 in Buffalo, New York. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a congenital birth abnormality in which toxic levels of the amino acid phenylalanine build up in the blood, a process that affects the brains in untreated infants.
Cocaine as a Teratogen
Cocaine use by pregnant women has a variety of effects on the embryo and fetus, ranging from various gastro-intestinal and cardiac defects to tissue death from insufficient blood supply. Thus, cocaine has been termed a teratogen, or an agent that causes defects in fetuses during prenatal development. Cocaine is one of the most commonly used drugs in the US and it has a history of both medical and illegal recreational use. It is a drug capable of a wide array of effects on physical and mental health.
Subject: Reproduction, Disorders
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) is a human disorder in which an individual's genetic sex (genotype) differs from that individual's observable secondary sex characteristics (phenotypes). A fetus with AIS is genetically male with a 46,XY genotype. The term 46,XY refers to the chromosomes found in most cells of the fetus. Most cells have a total of 46 autosomes, or non-sex chromosomes, and a pair sex chromosomes, XX for genetic females, or XY for genetic males.

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White completed 14 of his 18 pass attempts in Saturday's 38-14 win over Mississippi State. It was the third straight week he eclipsed the 70 percent accuracy mark and fourth time this season.
The only game White completed at least 70 percent of his passes last year was in his debut performance (20 of 28) against the Bulldogs.
White leads the SEC with a 69.7 percent completion percentage this season and is ranked seventh nationally.
The sophomore's overall production — 1,187 yards, six touchdowns — is more towards the middle of the pack in the conference, but Auburn has run the ball almost 75 percent of the time the last three weeks.
When Auburn has needed to air it out, White's made the most of his limited opportunities.
Auburn would be happy to run the ball 55 times a game all season, but Lashlee knows that's not realistic.


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Jared Ball book to be published soon
Jared Ball, a professor at Morgan State University, has a book ready to hit the shelves. Titled 'I Mix What I Like! A Mixtape Manifesto', the book will be published by AK Press. A review and blurbs are available here. More below the fold. Continue Reading →
General	Jared Ball, mixtape, Morgan State university
GreenStream: Cynthia McKinney on Wednesday March 2
Posted on March 2, 2011 by Ronald Hardy
WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party's online livestream show 'GreenStream Wednesday' will feature Cynthia McKinney, the party's 2008 presidential nominee, and journalist Jared Ball on Wednesday evening, March 2, 10:00 pm ET, 7:00 pm PT.
Along with discussion between the two guests, the one-hour show will present Green news, interviews, video clips, and viewer participation.
Viewers can tune in at http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus or go to http://www.livestream.com and enter the channel name: greenpartyus. The channel is also accessible at the Green Party's video page (http://www.gp.org/video/index.php).
The first show, which aired on February 23, featured interviews with Wisconsin Green Party leaders on the protests in their state against Gov. Scott Walker's budget plan that would cut benefits and abolish collective bargaining. The guests were Tony Palmeri, elected Green member of the Oshkosh City Council; Amy Mondloch, Executive Director of the Grassroots Leadership College in Madison (http://www.grassrootsleadershipcollege.org) and a long-time Green Party activist; and AJ Segneri, co-chair of the Wisconsin Green Party (http://www.wisconsingreenparty.org). They were interviewed by Starlene Rankin and Craig Seeman of the Green Party's Media Committee. The show, with video clips of the Wisconsin protests, continued for a half hour beyond its scheduled one-hour time.
To participate in the ongoing discussion in the chat window during the show, viewers can log in to Livestream or can join the chat as a nonmember guest. Viewers can register for a free Livestream account by clicking on 'Sign Up' at the top of the page, but membership is not necessary to watch the broadcast. The shows are repeated in rotation after the initial broadcast and are archived on the Green Party Livestream Channel web site.
Guest bios for March 2:
Cynthia McKinney served six terms in the US House of Representatives as a Democrat before joining the Green Party in 2007 and becoming the Green Party's 2008 candidate for President. Since 2008, Ms. McKinney has been a champion of Palestinian Rights and a supporter of the Free Gaza movement. In 2009, she was one of 21 activists on a Free Gaza relief ship that was rammed and taken captive by the Israeli Navy. She was held by the Israelis for 5 days. In 2010, Ms. McKinney participated in portions of the Bike4Peace event from San Francisco to Washington, DC.
Jared Ball is assistant professor of communication studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, where his research interests include the interaction between colonialism, mass media theory and history, and the development of alternative/underground journalism and cultural expression as mechanisms of social movements and political organization. He is founder and producer of 'FreeMix Radio: The Original Mixtape Radio Show' and former editor for the first academic journal dedicated to hip-hop, 'The Global Journal of Hip-Hop Culture'. He briefly sought the Green Party nomination for President in 2008 before pulling out and endorsing Cynthia McKinney. Mr. Ball is host of 'Midday Jazz: Jazz & Justice' on WPFW (89.3 FM) every Monday, 1 to 3 pm ET.
Presidential Campaign	Cynthia McKinney, Jared Ball
Political Hip Hop editorial mentions Green Party candidates
Posted on June 22, 2010 by Dave Schwab
From Independent Political Report:
This editorial by Davey D at AllHipHop.com contends that Hip Hop is, and always has been, political in content. The question of the editorial is whether Hip Hop will remain political in the future.
The editorial mentions several of the most prominent members and candidates of the Green Party.
Lastly we'd have to talk about Dr. Jared Ball out of Maryland who is best known for his political mix tapes "Freemix radio" ran for Green Party nomination for president in in '08 and long time activist Rosa Clemente who made history by securing the vice presidential nomination for the Green Party. She and former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney had their name on the ballots in all 50 states and garnered impressive numbers even though their historic bid was overshadowed by Barack Obama's run for the White House which definitely brought out and politicized many in the Hip-Hop generation. Continue Reading →
Editorials	Cynthia McKinney, Jared Ball, Rosa Clemente
Voxunion brings us McKinney/Clemente again
Voxunion, self-described as "media for progressive ideas", has run articles by and about Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente for some time. Led in part by Jared Ball, an early contender for the Green Party's Presidential nomination in 2008, the site operates a number of initiatives.
Voxunion.com is home of Organized Community of United People (Organized C.O.U.P.) – a group of Washington DC based activist working to effect positive change in communities of color through media and education, FreeMix Radio – the original MixTape radio show, the Morning Chuckle (the MC) and more.
Describing voter's "buyer's remorse" after seeing the direction the Obama administration has taken since inauguration day, Cynthia McKinney discusses the Obama administration's decision not to pursue Bush administration criminals who authorized torture, Obama's refusal to end rendition, the practice of sending prisoners to countries that torture, and his expansion of the war machine and it's budget.
these expressions of "buyer's remorse" indicate that people knowingly allowed themselves to be swept into the voting booth and vote against their values…Our agenda provided a clear route to an end to torture, rendition for torture, warrantless wiretapping, spying on U.S. citizen activists, and an end to war.
Perhaps most interestingly she goes into a discussion of the current economic shell game, describing it as an opportunity to take America's economy and hollow it out to benefit a very few. At the end of the essay she begins to discuss the role of the Federal Reserve system. Setting the table for future articles, she writes in the April 8th column,
The first work I want to take excerpts from is, "Money Facts," 169 questions and answers on money authored by the Subcommittee on Domestic Finance, House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency, 1964.
Some of these 169 questions, and the answers, are published at the end of the article, including:
6. Does Congress supervise Federal Reserve policymaking? (No)
7. What problems are raised by an 'independent' Federal Reserve?
10.Who really directs Federal Reserve operations?
11. Do private bank interests influence Federal Reserve policy? (Yes)
12. Does it matter what amount of money is supplied the economy? (Yes)
165. Who favors Federal Reserve independence?
Meanwhile, in a sort of reprise of her article Russell Simmons You Are Not Hip Hop, Green Party Vice Presidential nominee Rosa Clemente has published a column titled Obama is Not Hip Hop.
The column, published late last year, explains why Obama, despite support from the likes of Jay-Z, Russell Simmons and P. Diddy, does not represent the first Hip Hop President.
I have always followed a rule: never allow someone to become your priority while you become his or her option. For President Elect Barack Obama and the entire Democrat Party leadership in this country, the Hip Hop generation has never been a priority, we have always been an option and that option is used mostly to get out the vote during elections.
Editorials, National Greens, Social & Economic Justice	Barack Obama, Cynthia McKinney, Federal Reserve System, hip-hop, Jared Ball, Jay-Z, P. Diddy, Rosa Clemente, Russell Simmons, Voxunion
The Green Vice President: Indulgent Speculation
Posted on June 6, 2008 by Ronald Hardy
While Cynthia McKinney has not locked up the Green Party nomination yet, she is well on her way to sealing the nomination.
Which leads one to wonder – who will she select as her running mate? Based on previous GP rules, the Presidential Nominee names whom they want to be their VP, and the Delegates vote it up or down (at least that is how it was told to me).
So here is a speculative list of potential Vice Presidential running mates if Cynthia McKinney gets the nomination:
Jared Ball – Jared Ball of DC was a very promising GP Presidential candidate up until he dropped out of the race in January to endorse Cynthia McKinney. Ball, a Communications Studies Professor, an independent journalist, a veteran of the first Iraq War and a hip hop activist, would bring the "Capital Resistance" component of his campaign to the McKinney campaign. He would be a tireless campaigner, and an all African-American Green Party ticket would be a very interesting aspect to the 2008 "race". I see Ball as a real possibility.
Mike Gravel – His campaign for President as a Democrat got him a fan base but no party support (probably due to calling all the other candidates 'losers' and challenging the establishment). He then sought the Libertarian nomination and got shoved aside by Bob Barr. Gravel could bring to the McKinney ticket a nationally known "name" (with youtube videos) and probably pick up voters who are younger, anti-establishment, but turned off by the 'seriousness' of Ralph Nader. I have huge respect for what Gravel did as a Senator during the Vietnam War (had a role with ending the draft, for one), but I don't think he would be the best choice as a running mate. He could even drag the ticket down.
Kat Swift – Kat's youth and veteran Green Party activism would give the Green Party an all female ticket, supporting the Green Party's value of "feminism" and potentially appealing to a broad segment of the electorate that may not be turned off by Obama, McCain, Nader, Barr, and all the other men on the ballot in November. Its too bad the Green Party won't be on the ballot in Texas, Swift's home state.
Rich Whitney – Rich Whitney's major impact on the Illinois Governor's race (10%) put the Illinois Green Party on the map. Putting Whitney on the ticket would help in Illinois, where McKinney should have a good showing already, might make sense. Whitney also has campaigning experience, fund raising experience (his 2006 campaign has already donated several thousand dollars to the McKinney campaign), and almost 350,000 votes in 2006 could add to the ticket.
Jesse Johnson – Jesse Johnson is a Third Party champion after two huge statewide campaigns for Governor and U.S. Senate with the West Virginia Mountain Party. In 2007 the Mountain Party "merged" with the Green Party and became the WV affiliate of the GPUS. Johnson has a lot of appeal among Greens, especially those whom he has met first hand, but he does not have the history of Green "Party Activism" that others do. While he would bring some color to the ticket and could influence votes in the "Obama-challenged" Appalachian region, I don't think he is the strongest choice for Veep.
Matt Gonzalez – Unfortunately he's taken. (Plus, per the U.S. Constitution the Prez and Veep must have different home states and now that McKinney hails from CA Matt would thus be ineligible.) Ralph Nader scored possibly the best Green running mate possible when he tagged Gonzalez to be his Veep. The former President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors who almost defeated Gavin Newsom to become Mayor of San Francisco is a Green Party legend and hero.
Kent Mesplay – Another veteran Green Party activist and organizer who has run for major political office several times now. Mesplay would bring to the ticket a solid environmental / ecological component, which based on the four pillars (Grassroots Democracy, Peace, Social Justice, Ecological Wisdom) is probably McKinney's weakest position. Mesplay would fill a hole in that area and in that ticket. Oh, wait, he's a California resident as well…
Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry (aka SKCM Curry) – While SKCM Curry is the only "declared" candidate for the Vice President slot on the Green Party ballot, I have to again point out that she is a California Resident, thus can not be McKinney's running mate. Curry is a Green Party activist in South Central LA. A video of her in 07 can be seen here.
Cindy Sheehan – "Peace Mom" Sheehan is a "Green Leaning Independent (GLI)" who was heavily recruited to seek the Green Party Presidential nomination herself. She would greatly add to the already strong anti-war positions of McKinney, as well as creating an all-female ticket, but she is running an Independent campaign for U.S. House against Democrat Nancy Pelosi. In California. Oh, right, she can't be the Veep.
Other (unlikely) possibilities:
Winona LaDuke – 1996 and 2000 Veep on the Nader ticket, Native American from Minnesota. Ain't gonna happen.
Pat LaMarche – 2004 Veep on the Cobb ticket, who surpassed 10% of the vote in her 2006 bid for Governor of Maine. She has been campaigning for Jesse Johnson. Does that take her out of the picture? Maybe not, but she would be an extreme long shot pick.
Ralph Nader – the "Dream Ticket" that never happened.
Who do YOU think should be considered for the Veep slot if McKinney gets the nomination?
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After swearing off men, a young courageous woman didn't hesitate to leave her home in Canada when she was offered her dream job at a large advertising company in Los Angeles.
Lexi Green, was at the top of her game. A successful business woman who didn't need, nor want, the distraction of a man in her life. Faced with unexpected news, that would change her life as she now knew it, her actions put her in a vulnerable situation that could have been detrimental if it weren't for Ryder Critchlow's unexplained intuition to watch over her.
While on a free spirited mission to make up for lost time, her heart becomes captured by Ryder Critchlow.
Together, they encounter a catastrophe that tests the power of the mind and the strength of the heart. Only time will tell if their love will prevail and be enough to overcome the overwhelming situation that they both must face.
Tiffany Keller married her high school sweetheart. Together forever. Wrong! When Tiffany's suspicions are confirmed, she struggles to accept the truth of her husband's betrayal.
Blaise Cartwright's wife broke his heart years ago, leaving him bitter and closed off.
Tiffany finds comfort in an acquaintance who quickly becomes a dear friend, who also happens to be Blaise's father. Blaise couldn't be more different from his father. John a warm, caring man with a heart of gold. Blaise a cold and cocky man with a ruthless persona. His standoffish demeanor pushes Tiffany to her limit, but the more Blaise tries to push Tiffany away, the stronger her attraction for him grows. She knows there is so much more to Blaise than what he portrays and that is what keeps her coming back.
The unexpected return of Blaise's ex-wife threatens those that Blaise cares about, including Tiffany.
Tiffany had been warned of her return, but nothing could have prepared her for what she would be faced with.
How far will Blaise go to protect the ones he loves?
How far will Tiffany go to keep a promise she made to a dear friend?
The stakes are high. Emotions are higher. Loyalties run deep and Blaise's ex has no boundaries. How far will she go to get what she wants?
One can never truly know the way others think and the control, if any, they have over their thoughts. Actions of others might seem bizarre and unfathomable, even impossible to understand, no matter how hard one tries. One might never know what inner demons lie within another and the burdens they must bear.
Tiffany struggles to find the balance between competing priorities. When she allows herself to be sucked into the enthralment of obtaining huge success for her business, she finds herself jeopardizing what is really important. Maybe it's her escape from her lingering paranoia that Vicky will never truly be out of their lives, always being on edge, waiting for her to return and without fail, to wreak more havoc in their lives.
Blaise feels the full blow of Tiffany's neglect, leaving them to travel down a bumpy road.
How close will Tiffany come to losing everything before she realizes what stands to be lost?
Are they strong enough to make it through the unforeseeable and unthinkable actions of a woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants?
When a young, naive woman loses herself in the wealth and power of an older, well acclaimed businessman in New York, she is blinded by the enthrallment of the extravagant lifestyle he can provide.
For years, Chelsea Barwick has succumbed to the demanding confines of Leo Eiden only to realize that he is incapable of loving her the way she longs to be loved. With his love for money overshadowing his love for her, she is pushed to the edge of despair. The blinders come off and Chelsea finally sees Leo for what he really is, a deceptive, cheating man who believes that true happiness can only come from money.
Falling into the arms of Jax Goulding, who is as mysterious as he is gorgeous, was inevitable for Chelsea. Fueled by deceitful rage, she is determined to fight fire with fire, only to encounter more than what she bargained for. Getting involved with Jax doesn't come without its challenges. It does, however, come with an undeniable physical attraction toward a man who teaches her a whole new meaning of the word desire with his sexual taunting tendencies that leave her begging for more.
Shattered by a past of terrible choices and mistakes, Hailey Deegan is forced to live a life filled with guilt for all she has done. Embracing the second chance she has been given, which she doesn't feel she deserves, Hailey is determined to right all the wrongs and make a better life for herself.
Learning to love again, not only herself, but Adam Kipple, a man who helps her to believe in herself again, seems an impossible feat.
Hailey's hopes and dreams are finally within reach, no longer a haze in the distance, until her world comes crumbling down when her present collides with her past.
Hailey is forced to relive the secrets of her past she so desperately wants to forget. Everything she has ever done has been for one reason, and one reason only. With her past jeopardizing the future she is fighting for, Hailey is forced to dig deep to find the strength to overcome what she now must face.
When Tammy Gibbins and Jen Shaffer board a plane for Cuba, neither one of them could have ever imagined what would be waiting there for them.
Caught up in the island fever of love, they meet Chance and Gavin, who are at the resort to do a job—a job that neither Tammy nor Jen are aware of. Not being privy to that information causes a misunderstanding when plans are forced to change, just one of the many hurdles they are faced with while on their trip—a trip that is meant to be nothing but fun, a no holds barred trip. Two friends on a beautiful resort for two weeks, the perfect vacation, or so they think.
Tammy and Jen are having the time of their lives, basking in the glorious sun, enjoying the slushy drinks, soaking up all the resort has to offer and most of all, loving the welcomed company of Chance and Gavin.
It's the perfect trip, the perfect escape from the bitter January cold at home—that is, until Tammy finds herself mixed up in an ongoing feud between two men that puts her life in jeopardy. No one could have seen it coming, not even Chance.
What started as two weeks to remember quickly turns into two weeks Tammy wants to forget, or at least that's what she tries to convince herself of.
Deceit, passion and a secret that will destroy.
One woman, one truth and a text message that changes everything.
All Hollie wants is to find a meaningful relationship with a man. A man she can connect with emotionally, not just physically. Hollie doesn't exactly have the best track record where it comes to men, and when her obsession takes over she lands herself in the middle of a scandalous secret held between two men. A secret that has been buried deep within them for years. The deception is real and the lies are unthinkable.
Kane Pierce holds the biggest secret of all and risks losing everything if the truth comes out, including the woman he loves.
Will the heart of a compassionate woman drive two men to face their hidden secrets? The ultimate question is…
Can they handle the truth?
When you play with fire, you're bound to get burned…


This was a deserted mountain range. Not even a blade of grass grew on it. It was as if it had been destroyed by a destructive energy wave. It had been lifeless for thousands of years.
At this time, the space above the mountain suddenly twisted, and a slender figure stepped out and stood high up in the sky. This figure was Mu Chen, who had left the Hidden Scripture Pavilion. After the Great Solar Undying Body had successfully evolved to an Immortal Golden Body, he obviously had no reason to stay there.
Mu Chen came out and scanned the area. He looked at the deserted mountain and was slightly terrified. He looked dignified because he could feel that there was an extremely terrifying power hidden within the mountain. There seemed to be two different powers that were completely different and that were confronting each other.
"What terrifying powers…" Mu Chen's face changed. It was just some residual energy after thousands of years. However, it was unexpectedly horrible. Because of this, the masters of these two powers was self-evident. Who could have such devastating power besides the Heavenly Emperor of the Ancient Celestial Palace and the Demon Emperor of the Extraterritorial Race?
"So this is how terrible it was…" Mu Chen sighed and then moved carefully forward. He was careful not to fall to the ground for fear of inadvertently awakening the powers and causing a devastating disaster.
He swiftly passed through this deserted mountain range. He blinked suddenly and looked up at the distant place. A few shadows appeared in the air, and the shadows carried familiar spiritual energy fluctuations.
When Mu Chen sensed the figures, they obviously sensed him immediately as well. They immediately stopped, and a sound of joy came from afar. It was apparently Lin Jing's voice.
Mu Chen smiled slightly. The figure was flashing, and it appeared directly before him. It turned out to be Lin Jing, Xiao Xiao, and Nine Nether. The three ladies were all gathered together.
Mu Chen smiled. "It seems that you have reaped much." He looked at the three ladies, and the three of them looked happy, apparently satisfied with what they had gotten.
"Hmm?" Mu Chen looked at the three, and he was suddenly stunned. He stared strangely behind the ladies, because he realized there was a figure that was following them unhurriedly, yet closely. The figure also looked extremely familiar and had flaming hair. Who could that be other than Zhu Yan?
Zhu Yan felt unnatural, realizing that Mu Chen was looking at him, but he still followed, albeit not too closely.
"What is he doing?" Mu Chen asked. They were not very close with Zhu Yan. Why would he be following them?
Hearing Mu Chen's question, Xiao Xiao's ruddy lips could not help but curl up. Her beautiful eyes glanced at Zhu Yan coldly.
The corners of Mu Chen's lips twitched uncontrollably. It seemed that Zhu Yan had made a move on Xiao Xiao, but the result was not what he had expected. However, this also surprised Mu Chen. He had not expected Xiao Xiao's hidden strength to be that powerful. Even one like Zhu Yan could not do anything to her. She was indeed the Flame Emperor's daughter.
Nine Nether looked at Mu Chen and asked him suddenly, "Right, how about Garuda?" She clearly understood that Garuda was Mu Chen's archenemy.
"Finished him off?" Hearing what Mu Chen said, Xiao Xiao, Lin Jing, and Nine Nether's faces were frozen. They were no stranger to Garuda's strength, so they naturally understood how difficult he was.
On the other side, there was a voice full of surprise and suspicion. "You finished off Garuda already? How is that possible?" It was Zhu Yan, who could not stay quiet.
"Finished off means finished off… You should not be able to see this person in the future," Mu Chen said briefly and did not explain further. After all, he did not need to brag about it.
"It seems like you are hiding quite a lot things." After Xiao Xiao was surprised for a while, she chose to believe him.
Besides, she did not know why, but meeting Mu Chen again this time, even she could feel his danger. That feeling made her understand that Mu Chen might have had an enhancement that completely transformed him. She had confidence before that she could beat Mu Chen, but that confidence was now greatly reduced. The young man in front of her eyes had begun to seem somewhat incomprehensible to her.
Though he had been afraid of the strength of Zhu Yan, Xiao Xiao, and others, the fear had obviously disappeared completely now. This was due to his self-confidence. With the Immortal Golden Body, even if he truly fought with an Earthly Sovereign, he would be able to retreat safely. If confronting anyone below Earthly Sovereign, it could be said that he was invincible.
Hearing this, Mu Chen suddenly shivered. The Celestial Emperor's Cemetery was the final destination of their trip to the Ancient Celestial Palace. It was rumored to be the final battlefield between the Heavenly Emperor of the Ancient Celestial Palace and the Demon Emperor. Besides, the top masters from all the clans would be there. At that time, the situation might become dangerous.
"If you really finished off Garuda, then you should be more careful of the Saint Demon King from the Saint Demon Palace. He will not let you go," Zhu Yan reminded him suddenly.
Mu Chen had also killed Xia Yu, and so the Xia Emperor from the Great Xia Dynasty also would definitely hate him to the bone.
When Mu Chen heard it, he smiled at Zhu Yan and nodded in appreciation of his reminder, although he had expected this.
"Let's go," Xiao Xiao urged, apparently ignoring Zhu Yan. After nodding toward Mu Chen, Lin Jing, and Nine Nether, she transformed into a light beam and went ahead. Mu Chen and the other two also followed along immediately. Only Zhu Yan hesitated for a while but then followed along, too. He had to find a way to battle with Xiao Xiao again, as he was not pleased with his previous loss.
A group of people swept across the sky, and after about half an hour, they finally found out that the barren land they were on had gradually weathered, turning into sand.
They slowed down and looked ahead with grave faces. They could only see an endless cemetery in the distance. The cemetery's surroundings were in ruin, and the whole space was shrouded by two terrible pressures. Under those pressures, even the heaven and the earth were shaking.
Mu Chen was staring at the cemetery, which was surrounded by broken space. He couldn't help but take a deep breath, and his body gradually tensed. In his perception, the cemetery seemed like a real black hole, terrifying all who would witness it.
Was this the Celestial Emperor's Cemetery?
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Telford shipping company Global Freight is reaping the benefits of a strategic move to increase support for the growing regional manufacturing sector.
Global Freight, which celebrated 20 years in business in 2016, anticipated the effect that uncertainty over Brexit would have on order books and export programmes and is supporting a number of county manufacturers exploring new markets.
Managing director Nicole Gunter said: "We are very proud to be a company which supports UK SME manufacturers – we understand their issues, their needs and ultimately, their business.
"Like us, many firms were considering strategies for this new business landscape, and manufacturers immediately responded by repositioning to sell to markets further afield.
"These firms may not necessarily be exporting large volumes of product, but perhaps smaller shipments to more locations. This is where we can add value to their business - whether we're moving component parts by courier to Europe or a consignment of boilers or baths on a container ship to the Far East.
Global Freight is currently working with Shropshire company Hospital Direct International which imports products from Europe and the Far East as part of their UK distribution efforts for a well-known Swiss medical devices company, and exports to Europe and the rest of the world.


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Q: ADAL in Azure Automation: Type not loading intermittantly I'm working on an Azure Automation script where I need to retrieve an access token to call the AAD Graph API.  I wanted to use ADAL to do this so I zipped up Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.dll and uploaded it as a module.  When I run from the test blade, it sometimes works, and sometimes fails with this error:
New-Object : Cannot find type [Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.ClientCredential]: verify that the
assembly containing this type is loaded.
At line:22 char:9
+ $cred = New-Object Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.ClientCredent ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidType: (:) [New-Object], PSArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand

When it fails I just run it again and it works.  Now I've published and scheduled this runbook as a daily job 3 days ago.  So far it has failed every day with this same error.
Has any one else seen this?  Any suggestions on next steps?

A: I fixed this by adding the following line to my script:
Add-Type -Path "C:\Modules\User\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.dll"

Still not sure why it was working intermittently before.  I guess depending on what else was going on ADAL may or may not have been loaded?

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Waking up earlier has been known to increase productivity. You're up before the world, and before everything gets moving. During this special time when everything is still, we can dedicate time to ourselves, our goals, reflect and relax. Use it to workout, get a jumpstart on the day and truly appreciate nature and those peaceful moments. Do you have a morning routine? Do you think waking up earlier could benefit your life? Please let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
I was inspired to make this list after watching 15 Things Poor People Do That The Rich Avoid. This list was derived from that video. Say these affirmations daily to begin to retrain your subconscious mind for wealth.


On the May 21 edition of The Alex Jones Show, ... Jones said that "of course there's weather weapon stuff going on -- we had floods in Texas like fifteen years ago, killed thirty-something people in one night. Turned out it was the Air Force."
... Jones ... explained that "natural tornadoes" do exist and that he's not sure if a government "weather weapon" was involved in the Oklahoma disaster, Jones warned nonetheless that the government "can create and steer groups of tornadoes."
A military-funded project called the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), located on remote tundra in Alaska, jumps off the horizon just past mile marker 11 on the Glenn Highway. The program's main facility sits behind a barbed wire fence that stretches as far as the eye can see. What grabs the imagination of most, though, are the couple hundred oversized antennas, described by legions of journalists and conspiracy theorists.
Among the HAARP conspiracy theories: weather modification.
... ELF waves from HAARP when targeted on areas can weather-engineer and create mood changes affecting millions. The intended wattage is 1,700 billion watts of power. A former govt. insider deduced they want to flip the world upside down. 64 elements in the ground modulate, with variation, the geomagnetic waves naturally coming from the ground.
Yeah ... right. Of course.
The IRS bureaucrats took the hint. No express order from senior administration officials would have been necessary. Like other federal enforcement agencies, the IRS has always been well-attuned to even subtle guidance from the White House, Congress and the political establishment.
"Well-attuned"! Maybe the IRS wasn't merely "well-attuned" -- maybe it was brainwashed by disruptions of natural cerebral rhythms emanating from HAARP on Obama's orders!
I think Jones's pal Rand Paul ought to hold Senate hearings to get to the bottom of this. Don't you?
I really like how they think that the combined efforts of 7 billion people can't possibly affect the earth's climate, but the federal gov't can create AND CONTROL gigantic whether events that start in the middle of the freakin' Atlantic ocean.
Flouride. AKA Kool-Aid. The Ambien, Prozac, Viagra, we really don't know what's in what we eat and drink and crotch-shots on Fox Kool-Aid.
The dots are there but they just won't connect.
I believe you've just proved that the Journal is as crazy as Alex Jones.
No doubt Fox is spreading Jones' hallucinations far and wide to their tens of millions of loyal blockheads.
Conservatives in this country, have "weaponized insanity."
And Alex Jones, like Glenn Beck, is beyond "weapons-grade, crazy," and "weapon's-grade, stupid!"
Have we no attics, have we no basements, where we can lock these loons into, instead of giving them access to mass mediums?
Obama couldn't have brainwashed the IRS agents, he was too busy killing Andrew Breitbart with his heart-stopping cosmic mental death-rays.
Good point, Auntie. Never thought of that.
I thought HAARP was a swingers' group for old people.


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The Institute for Transnational Arbitration Announces New Academic Council Members
The Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), a division of The Center for American and International Law, announces the appointment of five new members to its prestigious Academic Council.
Members of the ITA Academic Council are top academic scholars in the field of international arbitration. They play a key role in ITA leadership, program design, publications and educational videos. The council also has a leading role in organizing the annual ITA-ASIL Conference with the American Society of International Law in Washington, D.C.
Joining the ITA Academic Council are:
Julian Arato, Associate Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School, New York, N.Y.
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor of Law, Law Faculty, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Diane Desierto, Associate Professor of Human Rights Law and Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame – Keough School of Global Affairs, Notre Dame, Indiana
Tomoko Ishikawa, Associate Professor, Nagoya University, Graduate School of International Development Furo-Cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
Patrick W. Pearsall, Partner, Chair of Public International Law, Jenner & Block LLP and also Adjunct Faculty of Georgetown Law, Washington, D.C.
"We are very pleased to welcome these outstanding scholars in the international arbitration community to our Academic Council," said ITA Director David Winn.
"These accomplished individuals will help strengthen ITA activities and the educational resources we provide to lawyers, judges, law professors, government officials and others concerned with international arbitration of commercial and investment disputes," said Winn.
The new Academic Council members were appointed to a three-year term during the ITA Workshop and Annual Meeting in Plano, Texas in June 2019.
ITA provides advanced professional education and networking through its programs, scholarly publications and membership activities for lawyers, arbitrators, judges, professors, government officials and other professionals concerned with transnational arbitration of commercial and investment disputes. Its members come from more than 55 countries and 30 U.S. states, including many of the world's leading international companies, law firms, arbitrators and arbitration counsel.
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